Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee5bed6af76950b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-10-16 16:04:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 1d4a23da00d08525c6d81485c87f3ace SHA-1: 29b8920bd1cbb7bb9327d0ffccbc7dd63838d66f SHA-256: ee5bed6af76950b72ff92dfb7f9ad9b58565934c845e1c15119fe10587c02d75
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable domains, characteristic of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/naditevibopigibutox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615d0ffe534a6---99873867400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukikostka.pl/uploads/page/file/nisakakoraxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shosholoza.de/file/sizepimuxowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searches.onlineconvey.com/userfiles/file/64655713481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachthunam.com/upload/files/figowazutibuxanosipid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibookingkr.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20211007_27104123E1EE4CDD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161595ba5697ab---86759299709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auswallendorf.de/userfiles/file/29089015204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gallerylingard.com/uploads/file/26367254816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adoz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49129073350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaeditecne.it/userfiles/file/48754769250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://war-old.its.vn/new/userfiles/file/6040095310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/15816780681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/83337436711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhhieu.vn/hinhanh/file/lusawujikupabuzaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed2b2c2f05---muvajifosiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bydnjl.com/userfiles/files/fujiriwotujugijuxego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/baluzumugalajosatamiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvantindat.com/uploads/2021-09-10/images/files/jotofikivokitiduvujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f0ec201a4---34337024959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/lagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16uk1mk9bl5q0q38n0g2a2i8pv/34063780632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talentfuturesservices.com/sharpinstitute/images/files/88195027863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nzozkrowodrza.pl/uploads/editor/file/lajiterigopimuvani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/HKUGBsJGI0E/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+reenlistPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b7cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7CC 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 670ba159b0ecc78d5d9b7cb548ed18ef18dd17637087b1cd7e35197c663d5fb6
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF63 16172 bytes
SHA-256: 8d962b29a975490795ce0cc70db8281910eb0a5ccec99aac41e178c0a086f532
font_02_sfnt_off0000f959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF959 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1